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Association of Children's Museums (ACM) is an international not-for-profit professional service organization representing and advocating for the children's museum field. ACM's mission is to build the capacity of children's museums to serve as town squares for children and families where play inspires creativity and lifelong learning. Currently, ACM serves more than 500 museums, businesses and individuals.
Questions?
Contact Jeannette Thomas
Program Officer, Membership
Phone: 703.224.3100 x101
Fax: 703.224.3099

Benefits of Membership

ACM Annual Membership Dues

Individual Categories

  • $60 Student

  • $60 Museum Professional

  • $275 Individual

  • $500 Self-employed Consultant






Open Children’s Museum Categories
U.S. open children’s museum categories dues structure is based on annual operating income.

  • $330 Level 1: under $250K

  • $660 Level 2: under $500K

  • $880 Level 3: under $1 million

  • $1,210 Level 4: under $3 million

  • $1,430 Level 5: under $5 million

  • $1,760 Level 6: more than $5 million

Corporate Categories

  • $500 Self-employed Consultant

  • $700 Corporate Supporter

  • $1,100 Corporate Leader

Special Museum Categories

  • $330 Emerging Children’s Museum

  • $600 International Children’s Museum

  • $880 Affiliate Museum

  • $2,200 Sponsor Children’s Museum

Learning Institution Category

  • $330 Academic / Research Institution

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Museum Benefits

MUSEUMS MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

  • Sponsor Museums (these museums receive additional benefits in recognition for their leadership
    of the children's museum field)

  • Open Children's Museums (Levels 1 -6)

  • Emerging Children's Museums

  • International Children's Museums

  • Affiliated Museums
    • This category includes art, history, science and other museums dedicated to serving children and families.

GENERAL MUSEUM BENEFITS

  • Unlimited logons/accounts for museum staff, volunteers and Board members to the ACM Members Only Web site. Click here to see a site map, or menu of resources, available on the ACM Members Only Web site.

  • Marketing opportunities, including member link on ACM Web site, access to ACM programs with grant makers and strategic partnerships

  • Access to ACM's Member's Only online resources such as ACM's Museum Membership Directory, The Case for Children's Museums and Vision Marketing Kit and the Grants and Awards Calendar

  • Eligibility for Reciprocal Membership Program (open museums only)

  • Annual subscription to Hand to Hand, plus reduced additional copy rate

  • Annual subscription to E-Forum, ACM's periodic electronic newsletter of member news and marketing opportunities

  • One free copy of the ACM Professional Standards Document

  • Free ACM statistical queries per year
    • Six free ACM statistical queries per year for open children's museums
    • Three free ACM statistical queries per year for emerging children's museums

  • One free job posting on the ACM Museum Jobs site (additional postings are for a fee at the member-rate)

  • Voting privileges (one vote per museum)

  • Discount on exhibit listings on the ACM Exhibits Marketplace site

  • Discount on registration fee for InterActivity

  • Eligibility for a five percent rebate off the total registration fee (minus events and food charges),
    when registering five or more staff members to the full InterActivity conference

  • Discount on ACM's publications

  • Eligibility for Promising Practice Awards (U.S. children's museums only)

  • Eligibility for Universal Design for Learning Awards (U.S. children's museums only)

  • Eligibility for ACM Board and Committees

  • Networking with children's museums

SPONSOR MUSEUM BENEFITS

  • Recognition at InterActivity

  • Recognition in E-Forum, ACM's periodic electronic newsletter of member news and marketing opportunities

  • Recognition in the ACM Annual Report

  • Additional subscriptions to:
    • Hand to Hand, ACM's quarterly journal of museum trends
    • E-Forum

  • One free set of ACM Member mailing labels

  • All General Museum Member Benefits

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Corporate Benefits

CORPORATE LEADER BENEFITS

  • Recognition as an official sponsor of ACM

  • A listing, link and logo on the ACM Products & Services List

  • Three free database queries per year, plus one free set of ACM member mailing labels

  • Plus ALL Core Benefits

CORPORATE SUPPORTER BENEFITS

  • A listing and link to your Web site on the ACM online Products & Services List
    • Include your logo for an additional $100

  • One free database query per year, plus one free set of ACM member mailing labels

  • Plus ALL Core Benefits

SELF-EMPLOYED CONSULTANT
This category of membership is open to individual consultants only. Staff employed at a firms must join at the
Corporate Supporter or Corporate Leader level.

  • A listing on the ACM online Products & Services List
    • Include your logo for and additional $100; include a link to your Web site for an additional $100

  • One free database query per year

  • Plus ALL Core Benefits

CORPORATE CORE BENEFITS

  • Unlimited staff logons/accounts to the ACM Members Only Web site. Click here to see a site map, or menu of resources, available on the ACM Members Only Web site.

  • Subscription to Hand to Hand, ACM's quarterly journal reporting on trends in the field

  • Subscription to E-Forum, a quarterly newsletter featuring museum news and marketing opportunities

  • One free job posting on the ACM Museum Jobs site (additional postings are for a fee at the member-rate)

  • Discounts on conference registration and exhibit booths at InterActivity, the world's largest children's museum conference

  • Free admission for one member to ACM Reciprocal Museums (limited to one visit per museum per year)

  • Inclusion in ACM's online Products & Services List

  • Access to customized queries from the ACM database of museum statistics

  • Discounts on exhibit listings on the ACM Exhibits Marketplace site

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Individual Benefits
  • Single logon/account to the ACM Members Only Web site. Click here to see a site map, or menu of resources, available on the ACM Members Only Web site.

  • Inclusion as an integral member of ACM, the premiere organization representing and advocating for the children's
    museum field

  • Networking with children's museums

  • Discounts on publications and programs

  • Subscription to Hand to Hand, a professional and scholarly journal

  • Subscription to E-Forum, a newsletter of museum news and marketing opportunities

  • Discounts on conference registration at InterActivity, the world's largest children's museum conference

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Academic / Research Institution Benefits

Institutions eligible for this category of membership include colleges, universities and independently-run
research facilities.

  • Listing on the Academic Programs/Resources Page on ACM's Web site, highlighting University programs

  • Opportunity to list research abstracts and information on how to access full reports on ACM's Research Exchange

  • Unlimited staff logons/accounts to the ACM Members Only Web site

  • Access to ACM's Member's Only Web site. Click here to see a site map, or menu of resources, available on the ACM Members Only Web site.

  • Subscription to Hand to Hand, a professional and scholarly journal

  • Subscription to E-Forum, a newsletter of museum news and marketing opportunities

  • Discounts on conference registration at InterActivity, the world's largest children's museum conference

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